Reeker (2005)
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54% of critics liked it
(13 reviews) -
34% of users liked it
(6,151 ratings)
Five students driving through the desert encounter the inescapable stench of death in director David Payne's retro-inspired slasher/monster/supernatural horror hybrid. The highway has been inexplicably closed, forcing five young travelers into a mysteriously abandoned travel oasis where they are… More Five students driving through the desert encounter the inescapable stench of death in director David Payne's retro-inspired slasher/monster/supernatural horror hybrid. The highway has been inexplicably closed, forcing five young travelers into a mysteriously abandoned travel oasis where they are soon confronted with disturbing visions of maimed travelers. Disturbed by the grisly series of visions and determined to escape the spooky motel and diner before whatever killed the previous customers returns, the frightened travelers soon meet a frantic stranger who claims to have recently lost his wife to a terrifying entity that seems to hover between life and death. As the night falls, a blind grad student with heightened senses proves the only hope for survival as the body count begins to rise and the smell of death becomes too suffocating to endure. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Dave Payne
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Horror
- On DVD
- Sep 25, 2007
Critic Reviews
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
An unusually dull slasher...
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Brian Webster, Apollo Guide
Is it dramatically worse than other run-of-the-mill horror/mysteries? Nope. But that's hardly a ringing endorsement.
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Anton Bitel, Eye for Film
From its arresting opening to its mind-bending denouement, Reeker proves that the horror genre will always gain from the right amount of Payne.
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Matthew Turner, ViewLondon
The biggest problem is that unless your cinema is equipped with Smell-O-Vision, then the supposedly terrifying stench of the creature is likely to be lost on you, no matter how often the actors screw up their faces and go 'Ewwww!'
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Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
There's one basic problem here: this horror flick isn't remotely scary.
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Cast
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Devon Gummersall
as Jack
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Derek Richardson
as Nelson
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Tina Illman
as Gretchen
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Scott Whyte
as Trip
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Arielle Kebbel
as Cookie
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Eric Maibus
as Radford
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Marcia Strassman
as Rose
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Michael Ironside
as Henry
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Eric Mabius
as Radford
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Les Jankey
as half-a-trucker
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David Hadinger
as Reeker
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Carol Ruggier
as The Mom
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Paul Greenstein
as The Dad
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Paul Butcher
as The Kid
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Steve Zlotnick
as The Cop
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Christopher Boyer
as The Cop
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Wesley Thompson
as The Cop
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Alejandro Patino
as The Paramedic
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John Bix
as The Dog
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Lambert
as The Deer